A western Pennsylvania Catholic priest who was removed from public ministry in 2009 after an allegation of past child sex abuse deemed “credible” by his bishop has now been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of possessing child pornography.

People in Slippery Rock are stunned after learning a more than 20-year resident is charged with possessing a half-million images of child pornography and also that he reportedly admitted to having sex with three young boys.

A local woman who was being investigated for drugs is now facing child pornography charges. The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has filed charges against 49-year-old Pamela Smallis, of Moon Township.

A former teacher at a childcare facility in Scott Township was sentenced Monday for child molestation. Matthew Byars, 26, will spend at least the next 35 years behind bars and he could be there for as long as 70 years.